division Chrysophyta

Noun

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division Chrysophyta - mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta Synonyms: Chrysophyta

Bacillariophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Chrysophyta, class Bacillariophyceae, class Chrysophyceae, class Diatomophyceae, class Heterokontae, class Xanthophyceae, Diatomophyceae, division, golden algae, Heterokontae, Heterotrichales, kingdom Protoctista, order Heterotrichales, Protoctista, Xanthophyceae, yellow-green algae